Few people overtly oppose Cybersecurity Awareness Month, though you wouldn’t know by looking at Twitter.
On Sunday, it became known to viewers across the U.S. that Sinclair Broadcast Group had suffered a cyberattack, crippling newsrooms across several markets.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, a company that owns or operates 185 TV stations in 86 markets, was victimized by a ransomware attack over the weekend.
As ransomware attacks reach record highs, universities and colleges use intrusion prevention systems to automate threat detection and response.
“We have seen more than 100 different types of ransomware variants with scores of victims of each of those types,” the special agent in charge of the Dallas FBI office says.
Several top U.S. federal agencies on Thursday issued a joint advisory around potential cyber threats to the nation’s water facilities.
In an effort to bolster endpoint protection within the U.S. government, the White House is ordering federal agencies to allow the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to access existing deployments.
Cyber scams are on the rise and as part of October’s Cyber Security Awareness Month, NBC 5 Responds is talking with top cyber security experts who share their Top 5 Tips to help you combat cyber-related crimes.
Public response to and implementation of commonly known best practices for cybersecurity, including strong passwords, multifactor authentication (MFA) and others are tepid at best, according to a report from the National Cybersecurity Alliance and CybSafe.